The people of Vanni staged a protest this morning (28) in front of the Vavuniya Kachcheri demanding the release of detained ACMC Leader Rishad Bathiudeen.
During the last two weeks, 43 students at 28 schools in the Galle District have been diagnosed with Covid-19, Galle District Regional Epidemiologist Venura K. Singarachchi said.
A court in Sri Lanka has allowed terror police to continue with the imprisonment of a Muslim poet who has been denied a hearing until he agrees to confess of being an 'ISIS activist'.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has decided to procure four Mi-171Sh Combat-Transport Helicopters immediately, it is learnt.
If there is anyone trying to sabotage my work within the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), they can immediately leave the party, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said.
Basil Rajapaksa, the founder and chief strategist of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), who is also considered by many to be the unofficial head of state, turned 70 today.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Kavinda Jayawardena called on the government to immediately suspend a programme initiated by a private company that provides quarantine facilities to Indian nationals in Sri Lanka prior to their departure to other countries.
The parliamentary resolution tabled by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa would aggravate Sri Lanka’s culture of impunity and undermine the rule of law, the International Commission of Jurists said in a statement on Friday (23).
